Rug bag



Patented-Apr. 20, 1926.

GERTRUDE VAN GIESEN GrEtANGEIR.,OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

RUG Baer.y

PATENT oFFicE.

'Bassum Application lelA July 17, 1925. Serial No. 44,327.

To all. *whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GERTRUDE VAN GrEsEN GRANGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, re-

siding at Savannah, .in the county of Chatham and State of Georgia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Rug Bags; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled yin the art towhich it appertains to make and use tliesame.` y

" This invention relates to improvements in bags, more specicallymoth-proof rug bags.

The object of the bag is to furnish the housewife with a convenientreceptacle in which to place her rugs while not in use and thus protectthem from dust and destructive insects, such as moths. Briefly stated,the use of the bag is as follows:

The rug to be protected-is rolled on a pole, the bag opened and the rugplaced therein. The bag carries a permanently attached top,with areinforced segment in back which acts as a hinge, with closure means forplacing the bag in a moth-proof,

dust-proof condition. i

The novelty of the bag lies chiefly in using a section of the bag as ahinge for thetop.

A further improvement is mounting the closure means on beading, theVbeading in turn being mounted on tape which, in turn, is-mounted on thebag in such a way as to allow 4the edge ofthe bag to project up into thetop and so make a dust-proof, mothproof joint.- y

Other novelty lies in the use of a triangular clasp in thecornerI of theopening of the bag, so as to keep the bag, when the bag 1s not drawnshut, in a semi-open position,7 which facilitates the placing'of rugstherein.

In the drawings, f

Fig. 1 is a perspective of the bag in opened therein.

Fig. 2 is a Yrear elevation showing the bag 1n a semi-closed positionwith a part of the rear broken away.

position, with the rug partly inserted Fig. 3 is a plan View of fastenercarrying 50 tapes.,

Fig. 4 is afragmentary cross-sectional view drawn through the top, tapevand fastener. A v

As shown in Fig. 1, the invention comprisesa bag 1, open, with top -2held in. position by segment of the bag 3, used as a hinge to swing thetop into a closed position when the bag is desired-to beshut.

Top 2'is in such relative position as to .60 allow the edge of bag 4 toproject beyond the closure means l1 and thus prevent dust and insectsfrom enteringwhen'the bag 1s in a closed position and also protects thecon.- tents of the bag from chafing on the ,closure/65 means 11.

The top 2 is fastened to a tape 6, which runs around the bottom ofthetop tothe side lof'hinged section 3. A similar tape continues around thebag below top 4, as

J at 5. Each of these tapes are secured to the top and bag respectively,by a line of stitching, adjacent its' lower edge, so that the adjacentedges of tapes are left free. 0n`the free edges of these tapes ismounted 7.5 closure means 10 and 11. At the juncture of the tapes 6 and5, adjacent to the hinge 3 is a triangular shaped clasp 9, which servesto keep the bag 1 ina semi-opened condition when the fastening means 10,and 11A is not 80 drawn shut the triangular metal vclasp acts as awedge, the point of the triangle ositioned4 in the corner of the openingo the bag. When the closure means is not in operation, the Ybag will bekept in. a sero-l open position by said clasp acting as a wed e. Thisfacilitates theplacing of rugs in t e -bag and yet when the bag is in aclosed position presen-ts no opening for moths or other insects to enteras the alp on the inside will cover any crevice left.

Aname plate 15 is shown in'connection with bag 1. In Fig.l 2, hingedsection 3 is shown reinforced by an interlocking of the folds of thecloth in the form of a seam. The closure means 10 and 11 is operated bya pulling member 14. l

In Fig. 3, tapes 6 and 5 which arefastened In a tubular bag, av top, thetop attached 1o on the top 2 and bag 4 as described, show tothe bag bymeans of a section of the attached to the edges of tapes, beading 12bag, said section acting as a hinge, a closure and 13 respectively, uponwhich closing means, the closure means having a triangumeans is strung.`lar clasp'between the edges of the closure In Fig. 4, the top 2 isshown attached means in order to keep the bag in a semi- 15 to tape 6,andthe beading 12 attached thereopen position.

on, with the closing means attached thereto. In testimony whereof I afixmy signature. What I claim is: g cmmwma VAN clEsEN GRANGER.

